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Mother charged with murder in death of 2-year-old son
By Ryan Glover, Fox13Memphis.com
May 13, 2018A Tennessee mother has been accused of killing her toddler son.
According to the Memphis Police Department, officers responded to an ambulance call at 3439 Southern, where a 2-year-old boy was unresponsive, at 11:50 a.m. Thursday.
Two-year-old Jaylen Dodson was transported to Baptist Children’s Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The death was ruled a homicide due to multiple blunt force trauma injuries, according to police. The child's mother, Davida Wooden, 25, was arrested and charged with aggravated child abuse, aggravated child neglect and first-degree murder.
